---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments."
description: "Amend KRS 519.010 to add definition of \"emergency response\"; amend KRS 519.040 to increase the penalties for falsely reporting an incident that results in an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide for a civil cause of action for damages arising from the false reporting of an incident; amend KRS 134.127 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Kentucky HB 48 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions", "Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Emergency Medical Services", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "DJ Johnson", "P. Pratt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-08-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34b90fbe-6d93-4c52-9117-8e87fbb95e5b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb48.html"
source_hash: "702a9a7ccc8dac0a52d57f70406089e5c13dcc79f3643ac92cb97aa25c89397b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 48 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 519.010 to add definition of "emergency response"; amend KRS 519.040 to increase the penalties for falsely reporting an incident that results in an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide for a civil cause of action for damages arising from the false reporting of an incident; amend KRS 134.127 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb48/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0148.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb48/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 48 w/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-08-11T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 08, 2022
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-0-1 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 86-5 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 148) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34b90fbe-6d93-4c52-9117-8e87fbb95e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).